Tricks To Impress

[Louis Theroux]

Bored with just mixing/blending records together now - I used to look for a reaction from people just based on the record itself as everyone knows what my mixing is like.

Can anyone suggest any tricks I can add, remembering I only really play techno & occasionally hard trance (but I dont think there is too much you can do with that)?

I am looking for something that people will really notice.

[dirty_bass]

If you are mixing to impress, then get off the decks, it`s all about the music.

[DJsmallpaul]

I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to better yourself, fair enough i understand some peeps don't like the "showing off" side of djing but hey each to their own.

Sorry i can't help with any surgestions though :lol: i think the best way forward maybe just to experiment a little ;)

[eyes without a face]

i get the idea behind the post i think it was just worded wrong, technically there are a host of tricks you can get to grips with, search the web you'l have no trouble finding some i think

but you should really be trying to get your own style going with these tricks incorporated and use them as kind of little catalysts for the records your playing, thats the most important part, the tunessss

[dan the acid man]

nice tidy cuts in the right place are always good, but dont over do it dave clarke style.
spin backs are cool, eq'ing is a great tool, cutting all the bass out and then bringing it back in always works well.

but like anything, dont over do all this, otherwise it justs gets boring and takes peoples attention away from the music too much, which tbh, is what most people go out to a party for, so yes it is all about the music

[Louis Theroux]

If you are mixing to impress, then get off the decks, it`s all about the music.

that is easy to say when you are producing good music & playing your own records.

when you are just playing other people records you have to stand out somehow.

[gary_human]

you could do a lot worse than to take a few leafs out of this guys book:

DJ Murphy

http://www.blackoutaudio.co.uk/phpBB...ic.php?t=38569

[oldbugger]

If you are mixing to impress, then get off the decks, it`s all about the music.

thats a stupid comment :dontevengothere:

of corse its about the music but you tell me one dj who doesnt like to try and impress? i'm pretty sure every dj has practised the odd trick or two.
someone asking for a few tips on a few tricks is hardly the end of the world. and it is a dj'ing forum afterall.

i know..lets just play tunes like the good old days like jimmy savile did :roll:

[DJTrubass]

Im all init for the love, not the fame, so book me cause, im 100% in what i do. I am music.

[DJ Corbzy]

bloody techno elitists... :lol:

[Miksta]

i found that nice clean fast mix's can get the crowd buzzing.....i did a dj comp in Lemington one time, and fited 12 tunes in to 15 mins....and the place loved it,i finished 2nd that night hehe

I try to do it alot(when i used to dj at free partys and clubs) as i have many records i love playing...and people would tell me how good the fast mixxing was. give it a try and see if it helps at all.

[RDR]

1.Rapid mixes.
2.Fast EQ tweaking
3.Slow EQ tweaking
4.FX usage
5.Scratching (crabs, babys, flares, orbits, cuts, stutters, chirps, uzis)
6.Beat stabs (make your own kick break!)
7.One scratch on the beat and in goes the tune.
8. pul back a kick drum before the break on the other channel and cut into it, you can also drop the tune in at that point
9. pull back every kick, let go, pull back next one for 16 instances
10.Taking the bass out of channel b and flicking channel A on the beat, effectively swapping the kicks.
11.Turn the technics off and instantly reverse the deck at the same speed it was going forward (tough, very tough) keep it going by gently turing the centre spindle.
12.Speeding up a tune to stupid speeds (EQ out bass) until it goes mad, then drop into a break.
13.Slowing down a tune by turning deck off
14.Do above trick, but have second deck going slow as well and get them to meet in the middle at a slow speed.
Slowing down a tune by turning deck off but slow down in three distinct stages.
15.Send deck into a long Delay Fx, turn off deck, play very slowly and perform little scratches.
16.Spinbacks can be boring. try these a. basic spinback. b. three seperate spind backs c. a very fast spinback, turn deck off and spin backwards very quickly (prone to skipping)
17.start the incoming tune on the hithats, when you drop it in you get double beating, its a short step to grab the ahead tuneand pull it back into time before the break.
18.in a kickless, percussionless break feel free to slow the tune right down.
19.remove the bass eq for a fraction of a second and pump the mids.
20.Buy a drum machine for your own rolls.

So who wants a mix tape then?

[dan the acid man]

i agree with db here though, too many tricks can detract from the music and interrupt the flow of the night, most people on the dance floor are there for the music.

like i said, anything in moderation, imo of course ;)

[RDR]

i agree with db here though, too many tricks can detract from the music and interrupt the flow of the night, most people on the dance floor are there for the music.

like i said, anything in moderation, imo of course ;)

Depends how you do the do dan. Maybe i'll show you one day. ;)

[TechMouse]

We threw nappies at a crowd last year.

That seemed to go down quite well.

[dan the acid man]

i agree with db here though, too many tricks can detract from the music and interrupt the flow of the night, most people on the dance floor are there for the music.

like i said, anything in moderation, imo of course ;)

Depends how you do the do dan. Maybe i'll show you one day. ;)

no thanks, ive heard about you showing people things to impress them, i dont want locking up too you know :lol: :lol:

[RDR]

Are you sure Dan. being locked up with me would be fun. we could play games and talk to each other about fun and games and later we could show how it feels to be inside the dark and touch the places where love doesnt go and laterimightturnonthelightandwecouldscreamtogetheri ntheplaceswherepeoplenevergoandcryandloveanddecide andbleedandsitandstayboygoodboyyougoodboydontmoveo rillhityouagainpleasedontmummymummywhyisntdaddymov inghashebeenbadboy?

[dan the acid man]

:lol:

[connor]

1.Rapid mixes.
2.Fast EQ tweaking
3.Slow EQ tweaking
4.FX usage
5.Scratching (crabs, babys, flares, orbits, cuts, stutters, chirps, uzis)
6.Beat stabs (make your own kick break!)
7.One scratch on the beat and in goes the tune.
8. pul back a kick drum before the break on the other channel and cut into it, you can also drop the tune in at that point
9. pull back every kick, let go, pull back next one for 16 instances
10.Taking the bass out of channel b and flicking channel A on the beat, effectively swapping the kicks.
11.Turn the technics off and instantly reverse the deck at the same speed it was going forward (tough, very tough) keep it going by gently turing the centre spindle.
12.Speeding up a tune to stupid speeds (EQ out bass) until it goes mad, then drop into a break.
13.Slowing down a tune by turning deck off
14.Do above trick, but have second deck going slow as well and get them to meet in the middle at a slow speed.
Slowing down a tune by turning deck off but slow down in three distinct stages.
15.Send deck into a long Delay Fx, turn off deck, play very slowly and perform little scratches.
16.Spinbacks can be boring. try these a. basic spinback. b. three seperate spind backs c. a very fast spinback, turn deck off and spin backwards very quickly (prone to skipping)
17.start the incoming tune on the hithats, when you drop it in you get double beating, its a short step to grab the ahead tuneand pull it back into time before the break.
18.in a kickless, percussionless break feel free to slow the tune right down.
19.remove the bass eq for a fraction of a second and pump the mids.
20.Buy a drum machine for your own rolls.

So who wants a mix tape then?

most of that went right over my head i only understand some of them

[DJTrubass]

1.Rapid mixes.
2.Fast EQ tweaking
3.Slow EQ tweaking
4.FX usage
5.Scratching (crabs, babys, flares, orbits, cuts, stutters, chirps, uzis)
6.Beat stabs (make your own kick break!)
7.One scratch on the beat and in goes the tune.
8. pul back a kick drum before the break on the other channel and cut into it, you can also drop the tune in at that point
9. pull back every kick, let go, pull back next one for 16 instances
10.Taking the bass out of channel b and flicking channel A on the beat, effectively swapping the kicks.
11.Turn the technics off and instantly reverse the deck at the same speed it was going forward (tough, very tough) keep it going by gently turing the centre spindle.
12.Speeding up a tune to stupid speeds (EQ out bass) until it goes mad, then drop into a break.
13.Slowing down a tune by turning deck off
14.Do above trick, but have second deck going slow as well and get them to meet in the middle at a slow speed.
Slowing down a tune by turning deck off but slow down in three distinct stages.
15.Send deck into a long Delay Fx, turn off deck, play very slowly and perform little scratches.
16.Spinbacks can be boring. try these a. basic spinback. b. three seperate spind backs c. a very fast spinback, turn deck off and spin backwards very quickly (prone to skipping)
17.start the incoming tune on the hithats, when you drop it in you get double beating, its a short step to grab the ahead tuneand pull it back into time before the break.
18.in a kickless, percussionless break feel free to slow the tune right down.
19.remove the bass eq for a fraction of a second and pump the mids.
20.Buy a drum machine for your own rolls.

So who wants a mix tape then?

most of that went right over my head i only understand some of them

lots of thoes tricks are proper hard to make sound any good. like

17.start the incoming tune on the hithats, when you drop it in you get double beating, its a short step to grab the ahead tuneand pull it back into time before the break.

that sound ideal, but if u pull back the beat a split second out could sound messy as ****, wouldent like to try live heh